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The South was largely agrarian.  A Southern boast, "Cotton is king!" became very true by the 1850's, as cotton was grown, harvested, and shipped to market in vast quantities.  The number of bales in 1849 was 2 million; by 1859 it had jumped to 5.7 million, amounting to more than half of all American exports and seven-eighths of the total amount of cotton in the world. (TL 1, pg 10)

The South was largely agrarian.  A Southern boast, "Cotton is king!" became very true by the 1850's, as cotton was grown, harvested, and shipped to market in vast quantities.  The number of bales in 1849 was 2 million; by 1859 it had jumped to 5.7 million, amounting to more than half of all American exports and seven-eighths of the total amount of cotton in the world. (TL 1, pg 10)

Southern life was set by a landed gentry, the small minority of well-to-do planters.  They practiced a cultivated chivalry, a code of honor among equals, and a gallantry towards women.  However, this attitude was undermined by their reliance on [[slavery]] as the underpinning of their economic dominance.

Southern life was set by a landed gentry, the small minority of well-to-do planters.  They practiced a cultivated chivalry, a code of honor among equals, and a gallantry towards white women, while having many children by their black slaves; these children became slaves too.  However, this attitude was undermined by their reliance on [[slavery]] as the underpinning of their economic dominance.

The money made from cotton was not always reinvested in the South's economy; much of it was spent on goods manufactured in the North, as well as imports from [[Europe]].  They had a taste for well-bred horses, quality firearms, and foxhounds.  They also studied assiduously the arts of war, often spending large sums of money to send themselves or their sons to military schools.  One [[Mississippi]] planter, Jefferson Davis, remarked that only in the South "did a gentlemen go to a military academy who did not intend to follow the profession of arms." (TL 1, pg 12)

The money made from cotton was not always reinvested in the South's economy; much of it was spent on goods manufactured in the North, as well as imports from [[Europe]].  They had a taste for well-bred horses, quality firearms, and foxhounds.  They also studied assiduously the arts of war, often spending large sums of money to send themselves or their sons to military schools.  One [[Mississippi]] planter, Jefferson Davis, remarked that only in the South "did a gentlemen go to a military academy who did not intend to follow the profession of arms." (TL 1, pg 12)